Knight: A Military Man Curvy Woman Second-Chance Romance (Alpha Force Elite Book 7) by Mazzy King

Author:Mazzy King [King, Mazzy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: MZK Publishing
Published: 2020-10-08T16:00:00+00:00

5

Knight

I’m sure the meal at Cristo’s is delicious. But I can’t focus on it. I can’t focus on the wine or the beautiful ambiance of the elegant old restaurant. I can’t focus on anything but Devin Powell, a living angel, sitting so close to me. I can’t focus on anything but how deeply in love with her I am.

The depth and power of my feelings make it hard even to concentrate on what she’s saying, but I manage. It’s as if all these years, my body went into a sort of self-defense mode to keep me sane. If I felt these feelings this intensely every day since I let her go, I would be in a straitjacket by now. But now that it’s safe, now that she’s here with me, I can feel them all and be reminded of how she’s my soulmate, my perfect one.

The candlelight illuminates her beautiful face, highlighting the light sheen of gloss on her plump lips and the slight dimple in her right cheek, brightening her blue eyes as they meet mine again and again across the table. Her long, dark hair cascades to one side, revealing the elegant lines of her neck as it flows into the curve of her shoulder. The dress, with its plunging slash down the front, pushes her round breasts up, flashing hints of their curves as she shifts and moves.

She’s talking, regaling me some stories of the bar, when she pauses, her head tilting. “Are you okay, Alex?”

I smile, reaching for her hand. I can’t stop touching her. “I’ve never been better. I love hearing you talk. I’ve missed it.”

Devin tucks a lock of hair behind her ear, blushing a little. “I always thought I talked too much in that last year we were together. You were so quiet, I felt like I had to fill the silence. I’m sure my jabbering didn’t help.”

“No,” I say, holding her hand tighter. “No. I’m sorry I made you feel that way. Actually, I just loved hearing your voice, talking about your day-to-day life. It made me feel like there was a normal life somewhere in the world. That maybe I could have one someday, too.”

“You aren’t abnormal, Alex.” Devin runs her fingertips along my jaw. The sensation makes me close my eyes. “You experienced trauma. But I guess that leads me to a question I’ve been wondering for some time.”

I stroke her forearm. “Ask me anything.”

“Why did you leave the SEALs . . . only to join another military group?”

I nod. It’s a fair question, and one she deserves the answer to. “They’d been developing the idea of a small, technologically sound and elite military unit for some time. One that would be less boots on the ground, more consultative with other nations. Occasionally, the group would be tapped for more active operations, like when Brian Murphy went to extract a diplomat from overseas. Or sometimes we lead clandestine intelligence-gathering missions. Usually, though, we’re there to train or mine data or conduct investigations or groom assets.

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